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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Pages 287 to 437.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who convinces Crevel not to lend Adeline the 200,000 francs that she is in dire need of?
(a) Valerie Marneffe.
(b) Marshal Hulot.
(c) Lisbeth Fischer.
(d) Celestine Crevel.

2. After leaving Olympe Bijou, with whom does Baron Hulot live?
(a) Adeline Hulot.
(b) Jenny Cadine.
(c) Atala Judici.
(d) Josepha Mariah.

3. How does Hortense react upon learning that Wenceslas has lied to her about his whereabouts?
(a) She becomes sad, shouts and begins to cry.
(b) She faints and has nervous convulsions.
(c) She laughs it off.
(d) She starts breaking things in the room and has to be restrained.

4. Who does Victorin Hulot hire to help him resolve his problem with Valerie Marneffe and Celestin Crevel?
(a) Lisbeth Fischer.
(b) Madame Saint-Esteve.
(c) The military police.
(d) The Prince of Wissembourg.

5. What event ruins all of Lisbeth's hopes for the future?
(a) Hortense Hulot's divorce.
(b) Valerie Marneffe's divorce.
(c) Marshal Hulot's death.
(d) Baron Hulot's resignation.

Short Answer Questions

1. How do Crevel and Hulot feel about Montejanos' arrival?

2. What does the narrator consider to be "the most reliable thermometer of wealth in Parisian households"?

3. What book does Adeline read constantly after being banished to her apartment on the Rue Plumet?

4. Whom does the Prince of Wissembourg call into his office and accuse of ruining Hector Hulot?

5. What solution does Bette offer first when Hortense explains her financial predicament?

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